Bubba Watson claims he was followed home after hosting Christian music concert in Columbus

I don't know how much of this story is true, but Bubba Watson seems like a decent, straight-up kind of guy, so I'm inclined to believe him, even if some of the details are a bit on the, shall we say, sketchy side.

This past Tuesday night the Masters champ hosted a Christian music concert in Columbus, Ohio, as Watson and his family were in the area for the Memorial Tournament that's taking place this weekend. Following the concert Bubba and his wife Angie made their way back to the home they had rented for the week when Watson noticed they were being followed.

"A car chased me," he said after a 74 in Friday's second round at the Memorial. "Angie was driving. She had to pull over. I switched to driving so I could drive through someone's yard if I had to. But we had to drive away from our house, the house we rented. We drove for 37 minutes."

The Watsons kept driving and driving, watching the headlights in their rearview mirror, until finally the danger passed.

"We kept driving around and they finally gave up," Watson said. "I was going to keep driving until we felt safe again. That's the first time that's ever happened."

That's a very scary situation for anyone to be in, but even moreso for a celebrity/athlete and new father like Bubba. But here's what I find puzzling-if they indeed were being tailed, how were they able to pull over and switch drivers? If they were able to get a great enough distance between them and the car following them that they could pull over and change positions, why not just keep going with Angie behind the wheel until they lost their tale? Unless Watson's wife has an issue with driving through people's yards, which seems to be something that Bubba has absolutely no problem with.

And then there's this-at one point Watson called caddie Ted Scott to see if he could meet up with them and intercept the pursuing vehicle, but apparently Scott could not locate his colleague before they shook their followers. But if they were that worried that they called Scott for assistance, why not call the cops instead? Or hightail it to the closest police station?

Like I said, Bubba Watson seems like an honest guy who's always on the up-and-up, so despite playing devil's advocate, I tend to believe his version of events. Then again, had he been behind the wheel of his recently purchased General Lee, not only would the story have been infinitely more entertaining, but the title "Bubba Watson eludes Roscoe P. Coltrane in shortest car chase ever" would have become the greatest headline ever written on this site.